Chapter 572: Retreat (Second Watch)

Goxinga is a person who likes to cheat, so he not only wants to rob the patents of a large number of American inventors such as Edison, as long as he knows, he is not ready to let go of any of them, such as the great Mr. Nobel. The absolute blockade of technology cannot be done, and the rolling torrent of scientific and technological development cannot be stopped by Guoxinga's small physique. Therefore, Guo Xing'a especially likes to invent it in advance and use it first, and when others succeed immediately, he will take the first step to grab the patent, and then make a lot of money.

Poor Edison had been forced bankrupt by Goshinga, and Mr. Nobel certainly couldn't escape Goxinga's clutches. Nobel's * was successfully developed around 1868, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which attracted people's attention, so Goxinga immediately snatched the patent of * after cleaning up the Russians. Now the Jinxi artillery exported from North Manchuria, although the gun body has not been changed, the shells are no longer used to fool people, but replaced with a more powerful *.

The new government troops, who broke through the entrance of the altar, were greeted by 75 mm caliber shells, and immediately blew up a man on his back. Moreover, these southwestern feudal soldiers, who had been affected by too many British line tactics, habitually began to gather together after encountering rifle fire suppression, in order to form a dense fire counterattack, which gave high-explosive shells a better performance stage. The consequences of a shell exploding in a pile of people can be imagined. The machine guns that were roughly strafing the crowd were fired very happily, so in just five minutes, the junior team achieved its first victory.

"The infantry alternately covered the advance and regained the position at the mouth of the altar. The machine guns were moved forward, and the machine gun positions were arranged. The artillery is on the high ground, and the artillery on the opposite side will be abolished for me first! Having beaten back the outposts, Uesugi hurriedly ordered the boys to regain their position. The mouth of the big altar is a pass, and it can be supported for a while, and now this place can be very open, if the enemy forces press up in a large area, it will be able to survive.

"Stay put, point the muzzle of the gun in that direction!" As soon as the enemy retreated, the three groups of infantry boys became agitated, and almost did not get up to charge, but were all beaten back with their own soldiers with scabbards.

Several of the pro-soldiers communicated in sign language, determined the assignment of the group, the second, and the third group, and then began to order their own group to start moving. The machine guns and artillery were better to follow up and move, and the three groups of infantry in front of them were out of chaos, and the Nikaido was full of scabbards.

After reoccupying the entrance to the Great Altar, Uesugi's head was covered with beads of sweat, and this time he really played big. The front of the big altar is very open, that is, the road is narrower, but it is not of great significance, and the other party deploys troops or something, and it is not affected at all. And there must be at least 200 people to defend here, but the youth team can barely scrape together 50 people, and it is still a group of children who have nothing to do. If you give Uesugi fifty veterans of the mercenary division, Uesugi may still be able to try, but the junior team is just messing around. However, in the current environment, it has to be toughened whether it works or not, and Uesugi has no choice.

"Nikaido, you go back to the city immediately, first, to see if there is any danger in the inner city after the fall of the middle mouth. The second is to find a way to get some shovels, your kind of defensive position is just nonsense! "Uesugi burst out with all his military prowess and arranged everything he could think of.

"Hay!" After being commanded by Uesugi, although Nikaido was beaten by the ronin, the boys' team also defeated the Tosa Domain, and Nikaido is now very convinced. So after Uesugi gave him an order, he happily agreed.

After Nikaido left, Shuangyi fell into an artillery battle, and Yasuke Oyama's artillery team of the new government army suffered a loss for the first time since the start of the war, and it was a big loss. The range of the Armstrong cannon was only 2,800 meters, the range of the Yasuke mortar was only 1,000 meters, and the range of the Jinxi 75-millimeter mountain gun was 4,800 meters. In terms of bullets, Oyama Yasuke only has ** and a large iron ball, but the Jinxi artillery is all high-explosive shells, and the power is completely incomparable. At the level of sights and artillery, Yasuke Oyama's subordinates are no match for Yuyuki Uesugi's own soldiers. After a round of fire, 30% of Yasuke Oyama's treasured artillery turned into scrap metal, and he could only order the artillery to retreat in disgust.

"Uesugi-kun, after the fall of Zhongkou, because the road over there was too muddy, the enemy army did not enter Neiguo City." As soon as the artillery battle ended, Nikaido ran back like a dog, and brought more than 70 soldiers with him.

Everyone in the rout of Zhongkou resisted a few shovels, and they also ran wildly all the way, all panting like oxen, but they were still very happy to see their Uesugi . These guys haven't even thrown away the guns in their hands, although they are a little embarrassed, but they are all adult feudal lords, and they are better than a bunch of children.

"A group of twelve, quickly divided!" Uesugi sent the last five of his own soldiers down.

Uesugi needed shovels just to dig trenches, and with these adult laborers, the speed became faster. What's wrong with the teenager's mind, his physical condition is also there, and he has to be an adult to work. Once the formation was complete, the soldiers brandished their swords and commanded the samurai to plow the ground like peasants. Uesugi was very anxious, and so were his own soldiers, they were in the time of the gun, and the enemy could attack at any time, so they had to improve the fortifications as soon as possible. However, after all the ring fortifications on Uesugi's side were dug up, the enemy troops on the opposite side remained motionless, and finally withdrew from Uesugi's line of sight.

"Let the soldiers of the Miharu Domain attack once?" While Uesugi was digging the fortifications, Masachi Iji, Itagaki Resuke, and Yasuke Oyama were discussing countermeasures across from him.

"There's no need for that, the firepower of the thief army is very strong, and the weapons are also very advanced, which is not the strength that a small feudal clan of 30,000 stone can have. They must have brought in very strong foreign reinforcements, or even strong reinforcements directly out to fight against us. The situation of the Nihonmatsu clan has changed a lot, and it is completely different from what we expected, and we must reformulate the plan! Yasuke Oyama, who had suffered a big loss in the artillery battle just now, shook his head again and again, and now there is no point in testing it again.

"That strange army on the mountain in the distance, have you identified them?" Ijiji Masashi was still very cautious in the use of troops, so he made full preparations before attacking, and also discovered the Asano Guards on the high ground.

"It's not a vassal soldier, it's an army we've never seen before, and we don't know who they are, but they seem to be just there watching the battle!" Itagaki and the others have never been abroad, and of course they have never seen the Manchurian Army.

"Retire for the time being! A breakthrough has been made in the supply of Zhongkou, and we are not in a hurry to figure out the situation before we move troops! Knowing that he had made a decision, he had to find out the origin of the strange army on the mountain.